[Macfan4life]

Of course we all wanted Chris on SYW. But when a band records an album they want to go out on the road to promote it. Armchair quarterbacks today can flame Lindsey for not wanting Christine in the studio if she was not going to promote the album but that is the way it always worked. Dave Mason was equally frustrated they spent all this time recording Time and then Warner never promoted the album and Chris was not going to tour even though she was on the album and was a major draw. It leaves many musicians to say why bother. We cannot always chime in today without understanding the facts on the ground at the time these scenarios presented themselves. YES BTM was missing Lindsey. YES SYW was missing Chris. Both these albums needed them. IMHO its a fruitless proposition to debate this today. The glass half full is we still got music. The band "played on" without Lindsey for a time and then without Chris. The title SAY YOU WILL says it all begging Christine to stay. You can also add Buck/Vie to this equation. The band played on without Stevie on the album. Can you imagine if Chris or Mick said I don't think we should record an album without her. Wrong, no? Its the same situation when both Lindsey or Chris removed themselves from the band. We should all be thankful they continued in their craft. You can play shoulda coulda all day.